Combination razor case, hone, and strop



R.-E. BROWN.

COMBINATION RAZOR CASE, HONE, AND STROP. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1921.

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Application filed June 1, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ronnn'r E. Bnowrt, citizen of the United States, residing at Olean, in the county of Cattaraugus and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Razor Cases, Hones, and Strops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to coml ination toilet articles and more especially to a combined razor case, hone, and strop, the gen eral object of the invention being to pro vide an article of this ty e which will be compactin form, simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and which, in use, will constitute a convenient means whereby a razor may be stored when not in use, and conveniently honed and stropped when occasion requires.

Generally speaking the article embodying the invention comprises a stock which is chambered to receive the razor and upon one side of which stock there is arranged a hone, and one of the primary objects of the invention is to provide a novel means for securing the hone in place upon the stock which means will also serve in part to secure the ends of the strop which is stretched over the opposite side of the stock.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the article embodying the present invention, one end of the strop being unfastened;

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the article with the strop removed but its position indicated in dotted lines;

Figure 8 is an end elevation of the article with the strop removed.

The article embodying the present invention comprises a stock which is indicated in general by the numeral 1 and which is preferablv of the oblong rectangular form 1llustrated in the drawing and may be made of any material such for example as wood. The stock 1 is provided with a chamber 2 which extends longitudinally thereof and opens through both of its ends, and one wall of the stock is, for convenience, indicated by the numeral 8 and the other wall by the numeral 4:. The walls 3 and 4 are flat but the wall 3 is formed. in its outer face with a depression or recess 5 which terminates short of the ends of the said face but opens at the side edges thereof. razor hone 6 is seated within the recess or depression 5, as clearly Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug". 8, 1322.

Serial no. 474,100.

shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing, and has its working face, indicated by the numeral 7, elevated above the plane of the recessed face of the wall 3 of the stock. The hone 6 is equal in length to the length of the recess or depression 5 so that its end edges sea-t more or less closely against the end walls of the said recess, but the hone is of a thickness greater than the depth of the recess and its ends are reduced in thickness by cutting away the upper sides of the hone at its ends, thus providing shoulders 8 extending transversely of the ends of the hone. Plates 9 are disposed against-the recessed face of the wall 3 of the stock in position extending longitudinally of the stock and with their relatively adjacent ends projecting over the ends of the recess 5 and bearing inwardly upon and against the shoulders 8 of the hone 6. These plates 9 preferably possess a degree of resiliency and they are firmly secured in place through the medium of the stud elements of snap fasteners. Each of the stud elements, which is indicated in general by the numeral 10, comprises a tubular shank 11 provided at its upper end with a head 12 of the usual shape found in such fastening devices, and the shank 11 of each stud element is provided with a circumscribing flange 13 or with some other form of shoulder located below its head 12. The shanks of the said stud elements are fitted through registering openings 14: and 15 formed, respectively in the plates 9 and the wall 3 of the stock, and after the shanks of the said stud elements have been fitted through these openings, the inner or lower ends of the shanks are overturned or riveted down as indicated. by the numeral 16, against the inner face of the wall 3, the flanges or other shoulders 13 of the said element being in this manner brought to bear firmly and securely against the plates 9 to secure the plates in place and thus bind the ends of the hone 6 and secure the hone against displacement from the recess 5 in which it is seated. If the stock 1 is formed of wood or some similar fibrous or semi-yieldable material, the plates 9 will become embedded to a greater or less depth in the surface of the stock and the plates will therefore be securely held against swiveling about the securing stud elements 10.

As previously stated, the members 10 constitute elements of a snap fastening, and the companion or pocket elements of each of these fastening-s indicated in general by the numeral 17, is carried each by one end of a strop 18 designed to be stretched over the face of the stock opposite the face which carries the hone 6 and about the ends of the stock, the fastening element 17 being preferably engaged with their respective stud elements 10 for the purpose of securing the ends of the strop in place. In this manner the strop serves not only its principal function but also as a means for closing the ends of the compartment or chamber 2 and thus retain the razor Within the said compartment or chamber. In order that the strop may yield While in use, a ply 19 of felt or any other material found sutiable for the purpose is applied to the outer face of the Wall 4 of the stock and yieldably supports theends of the hone, and companion fastening elements securing the said plates to the stock and engageable by the fastening elements upon the strop.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ROBERT BROWN. e 8. 

